Monotonic Bass Style

Here is the TAB for the blues in E monotonic bass style of fingerpicking as demonstrated in the video tuition clip shown below and as used by guitarists such as Mance Lipscomb, Lightning Hopkins and Big Bill Broonzy. Also included is a basic monotonic bass vocal accompaniment part with call and response.TAB

Love the genre of music you play, and the way you play it. I’ve been mining this stratum obsessively since discovering your goodselves and Mr Stoneking, and I’m now the proud owner of a 5 string banjo, which does wondrous things when tuned to open D.

Nobody’s Fault but Mine sounds great, and I’m working on ‘Oh Death’ – any chance of a tutorial on that one, especially if you could demonstarte it on the banjo.

Awesome! Keep the monotonic bass style coming. It sounds simple and great – you’re a great player. Thank you! And please keep this style coming. We need more of it…everything always seems to be alternating bass style blues.